Recent New Books, Audios, Music, & Films
The following is a listing of new titles purchased by the Oldham County Public Library system during the month listed.
See also "Booking Ahead" for a list of books that have recently been ordered.
December 2009
NEW ADULT FICTION
AFRICIAN AMERICAN
Forster, Gwynne, Holiday Kisses
AWARD FICTION
Trevor, William, The Story of Lucy Gault
CHIC LIT/WOMEN’S FICTION
Lamb, Cathy, Julia’s Chocolates
CHRISTMAS
Dunnett, Kaitlyn, A Wee Christmas Homicide
Graham, Heather, Home in time for Christmas
Hinton, J. Lynne, Christmas Cake
Kinkade, Thomas, A Wish for Christmas: a Cape Light novel
Lamb, Wally, Wishin’ and hopin’: a Christmas Story
Martin, Kat, The Christmas Clock
Medlicott, Joan, A Blue and Gray Christmas
Miller, Linda Lael, A Creed County Christmas
Mortimer, John, A Rumpole Christmas
VanLiere, Donna, The Christmas Secret
Walker, Joseph, Christmas on Mill Street
DOMESTIC FICTION
Lively, Penelope, Family Album
Mawer, Simon, The Glass Room
McMahan, Janna, The Ocean Inside
FANTASY (SCIENCE FICTION)
Butcher, Jim, Death Masks: a novel of the Dresden Files
Butcher, Jim, First Lord’s Fury
Connolly, John, Gates
Greenwood, Ed, Arch Wizard
Traviss, Karen, 501 st: an Imperial Commando novel
Turtledove, Harry, Liberating Atlantis
GRAPHIC NOVELS
Takahashi, Rumiko, Inuyasha Ani-Manga, vol. 19
HISTORICAL FICTION
Crichton, Michael, Pirate Latitudes
Cussler, Clive, The Wrecker
Mitchell, Shandi, Under this Unbroken Sky
Rutherfurd, Edward, New York: the novel
Shaara, Jeff, No Less than Victory: a novel of World War II
Vamos, Miklos, The Book of Fathers
HUMOROUS
Coupland, Douglas, Generation A
INSPIRATIONAL FICTION
Ellis, Mary, A Widow’s Hope
Gabhart, Ann, The Believer
Gabhart, Ann, The Outsider
Hatcher, Robin Lee, Fit to be Tied
MYSTERY
Fowler, Christopher, Bryant & May on the Loose
Fowler, Earlene, Sunshine and Shadow
Goldberg, Lee, Mr. Monk in Trouble
Grafton, Sue, U is for Undertow
Harrison, Cora, The Sting of Justice: a mystery of Medieval Ireland
Hill, Susan, The Vows of Silence: a Simon Serrailler mystery
Jones, Stan, Village of the Ghost Bears
Patterson, James, I, Alex Cross: a novel
Wambaugh, Joseph, Hollywood Moon
OCCULT
Bardsley, Michele, Over my Dead Body
Lyon, Jennifer, Soul Magic
PSYCHOLOGICAL FICTION
Jin, Ha, A Good Fall
Oates, Joyce Carol, Expensive People
ROMANCE (ROMANTIC SUSPENSE)
Delinsky, Barbara, A Single Rose
Howard, Linda, Ice
Kleypas, Lisa, Blue-eyed Devil
SPANISH LANGUAGE
Sebold, Alice, Desde mi cielo
THRILLERS
Gregory, Daryl, The Devil’s Alphabet
Hooper, Kay, Sleeping with Fear
King, Stephen, Under the Dome
Koontz, Dean, 3 Complete Novels
Koontz, Dean, Breathless
Michaels, Fern, Deadly Deals
Norman, Hilary, Shimmer
Stoker, Dacre, Dracula: the un-dead
Twelve Hawks, John, The Golden City
Adult Fiction in LARGE Print Format
FICTION
Ali, Monica, In the Kitchen
Asher, Bridget, The Pretend Wife
Brown, Sandra, Rainwater
Grisham, John, Ford County: stories
Howard, Linda, Ice
Kellerman, Jonathan, Evidence: an Alex Delaware novel
Koontz, Dean, Breathless
Neggers, Carla, Cold River
Shaara, Jeff, No Less than Victory: a novel of World War II
NEW ADULT NON-FICTION
AFRICIAN AMERICAN
The Black Book / Harris
BIOGRAPHY
Abigail Adams / Woody Holton
Bryon in love: a short daring life / Edna O’Brien
High society: the life of Grace Kelly / Donald Spoto
Last Words / George Carlin
Louis May Alcott: the woman behind little women / Harriet Reisen
Open: an autobiography / Andre Agassi
Paul McCartney: a life / Peter Ames Carlin
BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
J.K. Lasser’s 1001 deductions and tax breaks / J.K. Lasser Inst.
CHRISTMAS
Nigella Christmas: food, family, friends, festivities / Lawson
COMPUTERS
2009 Internet directory / Averello
CONSUMER HEALTH & FITNESS
Brain: the complete mind: how it develops, how it works, and how to keep it
sharp / Sweeney
The last of his mind: a year in the shadow ofAlzheimer’s / John Thorndike
Too much medicine: a doctor’s prescription for better and more affordable healthcare / Gottfried
Yoga in no time at all: how to practice yoga in your daily life for improved flexibility of mind and body / DiGirolamo
COOKERY
Cherries in winter: my family’s recipe for hope in hard times / Colon
Lidia cooks from the heart of Italy / Bastianich
More diners, drive-ins and dives: a drop-top culinary cruise through America’s finest and funkiest joints / Fieri
The craft of baking: cakes, cookies & other sweets with ideas for inventing your own / DeMasco
The Kentucky bourbon cocktail book / Perrine
EDUCATION
Master the civil service exam / Turlington
GRAPHIC NOVELS
Diario de Oaxaca: a sketchbook journal of two years in Mexico / Kuper
HISTORY
Beyond repair: the decline and fall of the CIA / Faddis
Chicago: a biography / Pacyga
Middling folk: three seas, three centuries, one Scots-Irish family / Matthews
Miracle on the Hudson: the survivors of flight 1549 tell their extraordinary stories of courage, faith, and determination / Prochnau
Stones into schools: promoting peace with books, not bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan / Mortenson
The Kennedy assassination—24 hours after: Lyndon B. Johnson’s pivotal first day as president / Gillon
The will of the people: how public opinion has influenced the Supreme Court and shaped the meaning of the Constitution / Friedman
HOUSE AND HOME
The complete guide to finishing basements: step-by-step projects for adding living space without adding on / Black & Decker Corp.
KENTUCKY
Mules and wildcat heads / Bowling
Pegasus / KSPS
Where the red road meets the sky / Chandler
LEGAL ISSUES
Law 101: an essential reference for your everyday legal questions / Roche
MUSIC
Blues & chaos: the music writing of Robert Palmer / Palmer
OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS
Behavioral disorders / Gerdes
Consumerism / Espejo
Mass Media / Espejo
Refugees / Haerens
The U.S. Supreme Court / Haerens
Water / Langwith
PAINTING/PHOTOGRAPHY/ART
Travels in the history of architecture / Harbison
POETRY/SHORT STORIES
Bright star: love letters and poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne / Keats
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Arguing with idiots: how to stop small minds and big government / Beck
Growing up Bin Laden: Osama’s wife and son take us inside their secret
world / Bin Laden
PSYCHOLOGY
On monsters: an unnatural history of our worst fears / Asma
RELIGION
A book of silence / Maitland
A new history of early Christianity / Freeman
I told me so: self-deception and the Christian life / Ten Elshof
It’s your time: activate your faith, accomplish your dreams, and increase in God’s favor / Osteen
The power of slow: 101 ways to save time in our 24/7 world / Hohlbaum
What God really wants you to know: God’s universal truths shared by all world religions / Lundberg
SECRET SOCIETIES
Freemasonry: unlocking the 1000-year-old mysteries of the Brotherhood: the Masonic rituals, codes, signs and symbols explained with over 200 photographs and illustrations / Harwood
SOCIAL SCIENCE
The gift of thanks: the roots and rituals of gratitude / Visser
SPORTS & RECREATION
Clinton Anderson’s Lessons well learned: why my method works for any
horse / Anderson
TRAVEL
The 10 best of everything families: an ultimate guide for travelers / Magsamen
MUSIC
Count Basie / April in Paris
Jay-Z / BluePrint 3
FILMS
ADULT
30 Rock, season 3
Angels & Demons
Bones, season 1
Bones, season 2
Bones, season 3
Bruno
Four Christmases
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Imagine That
Is Anybody There?
Mr. Troop Mom
My Sister’s Keeper
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, season 1
Sons of Anarchy, season 1
Star Trek
The Brothers Bloom
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Thirtysomething, the complete 1 season
Whatever Works
FAMILY
Animal Holiday
Curious George, A very Monkey Christmas
Dora’s Christmas Carol Adventure
Elmo’s Animal Adventures
I want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown
Ice Age, Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Monsters vs Aliens
Peanuts 1970’s Collection, Vol.1
Pokemon DP Battle Dimension, Vol. 5
Up
DOCUMENTARY
Food, Inc
Red Hot Salsa, beginner salsa
Red Hot Salsa, intermediate salsa
The national parks, America’s best idea
SPOKEN WORD BOOKS
FICTION (cds)
Andrews, Edmund, Busted: Life inside the Great Mortgage
Brokaw, Charles, The Atlantis Code
Carpenter, Novella, Farm City: the Education of an Urban Farmer
Gabaldon, Diana, An Echo in the Bone #1
Gabaldon, Diana, An Echo in the Bone #2
Grisham, John, Ford County
Howard, Linda, Ice
Shaara, Jeff, No Less than Victory: a novel of World War II
Shaffer, Mary Ann, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Smith, Wilbur, Assegai